Recent content by gunrunnerjohn

These tools look for specific issues, notably corrupted files in the component store and the running Windows system files. There are many other categories of problems that they would have no effect on.

I don't think the insane semiconductor prices have anything to do with tariffs.

I'm gonna' have to agree 100%, I ran my main Windows 10 system for three or four years, and lots of baggage had built up. It also had a couple if idiosyncrasies that I simply ignored, but I knew they were there. When I moved to Win11 last year at last, I left all of that behind. Sure, I got a...

I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to follow. If it's "too complicated to follow", could it be you don't understand the full scope of the issue? Maybe this guy has spent a lot more time and effort in creating a complete solution and has worked out a lot of the possible issues? The...

I think I'll let sleeping dogs lie. 😉 Upgrading to NVMe 4.0 drives in my new build got me over a 10:1 improvement speed increase over the SATA SSD drives I was using in the previous computer, I think I can live with that.

I did this on one system with NVMe 4.0 drives, no measurable difference. It might be dependent on the processor, faster processors may not show much improvement. I should try it on my laptop, it has an i3 processor, probably a better candidate for something that is processor dependent.

Back to 9168? 🤔 AFAIK, that is the current build.

Well, If I use MCT to obtain the ISO, either a DISM bug or sloppy packaging would be a Microsoft issue, right? 🤣

I'm taking the position that I believe the component store is fine since I've tried three different variations of the repair install, all completed without any indication of errors. The repair install should replace the entire component store, so this error appears to be something that doesn't...

For reasons that you obviously don't get, I'm pretty reluctant to do a clean install because it entails many hours of work to install and configure some of my software packages. 🙄 Not everyone has the time to blow doing endless installs of their Windows environment. Since a bunch of people...

Hence my reservation about letting them in the door.

And you actually think that a Chinese company with majority ownership by the Chinese government is an example of Free Enterprise. Sorry, but that idea simply doesn't wash!

I don't have the Verizon app on my phone, and I have no desire to add it. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry wants you to install an app on your phone, and I'm not interested! I do my computer stuff with a real keyboard, mouse, and two large monitors.

It certainly is an instant F for people that lost files due to the way it's documented and the behavior that allows people to easily lose files! Something like this should play to the lowest common denominator, not to the people that carefully read the documentation and understand the...

I already made that decision. However, it's still certainly "broken" because you can no longer use DISM to fix the component store! If something does happen to it, now your only recourse is a repair install.